Hut Life: A Night at the Pinnacles Hut in Coromandel Forest Park

Wilderness caught up with Chris Davenport in Wanaka to hear how he balances family life with his career and life passion, skiing. Music credti: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque

This month we take you to Abel Tasman Coast Track's Anchorage Hut. With bay views and a glorious sandy beach in front of Anchorage, even a crisp winter's day feels like a summer holiday.

A group of trampers, hunters, mountain bikers, and environmentalists converged for a Federated Mountain Clubs workshop in the Kaimai Ranges to discuss how to improve their local stomping grounds.

Pete Hall is the boisterous and exceedingly amiable hut warden of the Pinnacles Hut in the Coromandel Forest Park. Wilderness caught up with him one Saturday night in March, and heard the backstory of what it's like to work in one of one of New Zealand's most popular huts.

Wilderness Magazine takes you to the largest hut in New Zealand, the Pinnacles Hut in the Coromandel Forest Park. We spent one night in the 80-bunk lodge, chatting to trampers and the hut warden, Pete Hall.